Offsetting the weakness seen in the previous session, the US markets ended higher on Friday with notable gains of over a percent each.The rebound on Wall Street partly reflects a positive reaction to earnings news from big-name companies like Cisco (CSCO) and Disney (DIS). Shares of Cisco have surged up by 6.6 percent after the networking giant reported fiscal first quarter results that beat expectations on both the top and bottom lines. Disney also posted a notable gain after the entertainment giant reported a much narrower than expected fiscal fourth quarter loss on revenues that exceeded analyst estimates. Shares of DraftKings (DKNG) have also moved sharply higher after the sports betting company reported better than expected third quarter results and raised its full-year revenue guidance. On the other hand, shares of Revlon (REV) have come under pressure after the cosmetics maker reported a third straight quarterly loss on a 20 percent drop in revenue.
Traders have largely shrugged off a report from the University of Michigan showing an unexpected decrease in US consumer sentiment in the month of November. The preliminary report said the consumer sentiment index fell to 77.0 in November after rising to a seven-month high of 81.8 in October. The pullback came as a surprise to market participants, who had expected index to inch up to 82.0. The Labor Department released a separate report showing producer prices increased by slightly more than anticipated in the month of October. The Labor Department said its producer price index for final demand rose by 0.3 percent in October after climbing by 0.4 percent in September. Street had expected prices to inch up by 0.2 percent. The bigger than expected increase in producer prices was partly due to a jump in food prices, which surged up by 2.4 percent in October amid a spike in prices for fresh and dry vegetable.
Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 399.64 points or 1.37 percent to 29,479.81, Nasdaq rose 119.7 points or 1.02 percent to 11,829.29 and S&P 500 was up by 48.14 points or 1.36 percent 3,585.15.
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